HAVE you ever seen a gipsy camp? It is very much like the one in our picture. Notice the rough and hastily made tent. Should you like to live in a tent as low as this one? See the queer fashion in which they do their cooking! The little boy and girl are bringing the heavy iron pot and their mother is all ready to hang it over the fire. Another little boy has a large basket of potatoes and he seems to be getting them ready to put into the iron kettle. The old lady behind the children is bringing a pan of water in which to wash the potatoes.
If you look at the picture closely, you will notice that all of these gipsies look very uncomfortable. Their clothes are ragged and rough looking. The hair is long and unkempt. Gipsies are very much to be pitied. These little children travel from place to place and have no real home. They have not a chance to go to school and Sunday school. Often their parents are thieving and untruthful and the children learn to be the same.
We should not forget to thank our Heavenly Father that He has given us a good home and kind parents to love and train us into right ways.
ML 09/23/1906